Plant-support.



BEST AV L 1 No. 759,695. AILAB E P PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

P. GOMPF. PLANT SUPPORT.

; APPLICATION FILED 1330.3, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

N m: M t $5 1 Inventor I WJZO WM/ Attorney BEST AVAILABLE COP Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

FRANK GOMPF, OF LOGAN, OHIO.

PLANT-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,695, dated May 10, 1904. Application filed December 3, 1903- Serial No. 183,603. (No model.)

To-all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK GoMrF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Logan, in the county of Hocking and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plant-Supports; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for supporting or propping growing plants. V

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction, durable in use, very effective for the purpose intended, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved supporter or prop in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, showing the supporter before it is placed in the earth. Fig. 3 isa detail elevation of a portion of the supporter.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the drawings the numeral 1 denotes a standard or stake adapted to be held in a vertical position by its engagement with the ground or soil, and 2denotes aholder slidably mounted upon said standard and adapted to support a plant, as shown in Fig. 1. Said standard consists, preferably, of a piece of heavy wire or a light iron rod bent upon itself at its center to form two side bars 3, which are connected adjacent to their ends by a brace 4, having its ends bent around and soldered or otherwise secured to said bars 3. The

standard is held in a vertical position by forcing the lower ends 5 of the bars 3 into the soil or earth adjacent to the plant which is to be supported, the brace 4 limiting the insertion of the bars 3, as seen in Fig. 1. The upper portions 6 of the bars 3 may be parallel, or they may converge to a very slight extent toward each other or toward the upper arched end 8 of the standard.

The holder 2 consists, preferably, of a single piece of wire bent to form a circular loop portion 9, through which the stem or stalk of a plant projects, and a clamping portion 10, consisting of two spring-jaws 11, which engage and slide upon the bars 3. The clamping portion 10 is disposed in a plane at right angles to the plane of the plant-supporting loop or ring 9, and hence the jaws are disposed vertically. The jaws converge slightly to ward each other-that is, their upper portions 12, upon which the loop is formed, spring nearer to each other than their lower portions 13, which are held apart by the transverse connecting portion 14L. The frictional engagement of the jaws will thus retain the holder 2 at any desired point upon the standard 1.

The use and advantages of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. It will be seen that the pointed ends of the standard may be easily inserted in the soil adjacent to the plant to be supported, and the holder may then be slipped upon its upper arched end and adjusted at the desired elevation to support the plant, which will project through the ring or loop. he holder may be readjusted as often as necessary during the growth of the plant.

While I have shown but one holder 2 upon the standard, it will be understood that any number may be used upon the same standard.

It is thus seen that I have provided a simple, strong, and durable device which is well adapted for supporting growing plants and which may be manufactured at a very small cost.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

BEST AVAlLABLE COP In combination with a standard having a In testimony whereof I have hereunto set pan of downwardly-dwerglng bars, a holder my hand 1n presence of two subserlblng wltcomprrslng a loop havlng sprlngaws 11, exnesses.

tending downwardly from the loop, and di FRANK GOMPF. 5 verging downwardly, and a transverse con \Vitnesses:

nection 14: between the lower ends of said W M. H. GAFFNEY,

spring-jaws. 4 F. O. DAVEY. 

